Non-directional beacon

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Non-directional beacon

Quality:

Non-directional beacon - radio transmitter which emits radio waves in all directions. Article “Non-directional beacon” in English Wikipedia has 59.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 18 references and 19 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Non-directional beacon”, its content was written by 153 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 598 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 694 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2138 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #12986 in September 2003
  • Global: #19402 in June 2008

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #58498 in April 2010
  • Global: #61790 in April 2010

There are 21 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
66.0529
2English (en)
Non-directional beacon
59.0807
3Estonian (et)
Ringsuunaline raadiomajakas
39.7205
4Turkish (tr)
NDB ve ADF
35.0321
5Finnish (fi)
Suuntaamaton radiomajakka
34.1927
6Chinese (zh)
歸航台
33.5608
7Indonesian (id)
Non Directional Beacon
32.825
8Portuguese (pt)
Radiofarol não direcional
31.9711
9Russian (ru)
Приводная радиостанция
31.1557
10Spanish (es)
Baliza no direccional
27.1378
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Non-directional beacon" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Non-directional beacon
1 632 912
2Russian (ru)
Приводная радиостанция
335 316
3German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
296 236
4Japanese (ja)
無指向性無線標識
182 028
5Spanish (es)
Baliza no direccional
145 381
6Polish (pl)
Radiolatarnia bezkierunkowa
116 689
7Italian (it)
Non-directional beacon
86 161
8French (fr)
Balise non directionnelle
85 067
9Chinese (zh)
歸航台
78 970
10Turkish (tr)
NDB ve ADF
66 600
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Non-directional beacon" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Non-directional beacon
4 838
2Russian (ru)
Приводная радиостанция
1 296
3German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
742
4Japanese (ja)
無指向性無線標識
545
5Chinese (zh)
歸航台
314
6Italian (it)
Non-directional beacon
295
7Spanish (es)
Baliza no direccional
280
8Polish (pl)
Radiolatarnia bezkierunkowa
274
9French (fr)
Balise non directionnelle
272
10Turkish (tr)
NDB ve ADF
144
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Non-directional beacon" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Non-directional beacon
153
2German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
98
3Italian (it)
Non-directional beacon
44
4Dutch (nl)
Non-directional beacon
43
5French (fr)
Balise non directionnelle
41
6Russian (ru)
Приводная радиостанция
32
7Norwegian (no)
NDB
27
8Turkish (tr)
NDB ve ADF
22
9Czech (cs)
NDB (radiomaják)
19
10Portuguese (pt)
Radiofarol não direcional
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Non-directional beacon" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
1
2Czech (cs)
NDB (radiomaják)
0
3English (en)
Non-directional beacon
0
4Spanish (es)
Baliza no direccional
0
5Estonian (et)
Ringsuunaline raadiomajakas
0
6Persian (fa)
بیکون غیرجهت‌دار
0
7Finnish (fi)
Suuntaamaton radiomajakka
0
8French (fr)
Balise non directionnelle
0
9Indonesian (id)
Non Directional Beacon
0
10Italian (it)
Non-directional beacon
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Non-directional beacon" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Non-directional beacon
694
2Russian (ru)
Приводная радиостанция
291
3German (de)
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
276
4Turkish (tr)
NDB ve ADF
132
5Italian (it)
Non-directional beacon
128
6Chinese (zh)
歸航台
117
7French (fr)
Balise non directionnelle
90
8Spanish (es)
Baliza no direccional
78
9Japanese (ja)
無指向性無線標識
71
10Dutch (nl)
Non-directional beacon
52
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
NDB (radiomaják)
deGerman
Ungerichtetes Funkfeuer
enEnglish
Non-directional beacon
esSpanish
Baliza no direccional
etEstonian
Ringsuunaline raadiomajakas
faPersian
بیکون غیرجهت‌دار
fiFinnish
Suuntaamaton radiomajakka
frFrench
Balise non directionnelle
idIndonesian
Non Directional Beacon
itItalian
Non-directional beacon
jaJapanese
無指向性無線標識
koKorean
무지향성 표지
nlDutch
Non-directional beacon
noNorwegian
NDB
plPolish
Radiolatarnia bezkierunkowa
ptPortuguese
Radiofarol não direcional
ruRussian
Приводная радиостанция
svSwedish
Non-directional beacon
trTurkish
NDB ve ADF
ukUkrainian
NDB (авіація)
zhChinese
歸航台

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#58498
04.2010
Global:
#61790
04.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12986
09.2003
Global:
#19402
06.2008

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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